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Electoral Process (Amendment) Act, 2021

The Commission must not register a person as a voter if the person is not a citizen, does not have a national registration card, or is legally disqualified. This provision says the principal Act i…

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Jurisdiction: Zambia
Structure: 8 provisions
Citation: Act 32 of 2021
Dates: Legal dates not recorded

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“The Commission must not register a person as a voter if the person is not a citizen, does not have a national registration card, or is legally disqualified.”

The Commission must not register a person as a voter if the person is not a citizen, does not have a national registration card, or is legally disqualified. This provision says the principal Act is amended by adding new sections after section 24. If the Commission sets up a polling station at a prison or correctional centre, it may decide who uses it, and a correctional officer may help move an inmate to that polling station where practicable. The officer-in-charge of a prison or correctional centre must grant access for specified election-related purposes. This provision amends section 29 of the principal Act by changing specified words in subsections (1) and (2), and it repeals section 47.

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The Commission shall not register a person as a voter if

The Commission must not register a person as a voter if the person is not a citizen, does not have a national registration card, or is legally disqualified.

Section 9

Section 24A

If the Commission sets up a polling station at a prison or correctional centre, it may decide who uses it, and a correctional officer may help move an inmate to that polling station where practicable.

Section 24A

Section 29 of the principal Act is amended in

This provision amends section 29 of the principal Act by changing specified words in subsections (1) and (2), and it repeals section 47.

Section 5

Section 47

47. Electoral Process (Amendment) [No. 32 of 2021 259

Section 47

Section 125(2) of the principal Act is amended by the

This section amends section 125(2) by adding a new paragraph about electoral processes at prisons and correctional centres, and renumbers the following paragraph.

Section 8

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Amendment 4Provision 3Repeal

§ 9The Commission shall not register a person as a voter ifProvision

The Commission must not register a person as a voter if the person is not a citizen, does not have a national registration card, or is legally disqualified.

9. The Commission shall not register a person as a voter if that person is— (a) not a citizen; (b) not in possession of a national registration card; or (c) legally disqualified.

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§ 4The principal Act is amended by the insertion of theAmendment

This provision says the principal Act is amended by adding new sections after section 24.

4. The principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following new sections immediately after section 24:

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§ 24ASection 24AProvision

24A. (1) Where the Commission establishes a polling station at a prison or correctional centre under section 24, that polling station shall be used by an inmate or correctional officer and member of the public as the Commission may determine. (2) A correctional officer may, as far as is practicable, facilitate the transfer of an inmate to a polling station designated by the Commission.

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§ 24BAn officer-in-charge of a prison orProvision

The officer-in-charge of a prison or correctional centre must grant access for specified election-related purposes.

24B. An officer-in-charge of a prison or correctional centre shall grant access to a prison or correctional centre to the following: (a) the Commission for the purposes of conducting electoral processes; (b) a candidate in an election for the purposes of distributing campaign material in a prescribed manner; (c) an accredited polling agent, observer and monitor for the purpose of observing or monitoring an election; and (d) a member of the public for the purposes of voting.

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§ 5Section 29 of the principal Act is amended inRepeal

This provision amends section 29 of the principal Act by changing specified words in subsections (1) and (2), and it repeals section 47.

5. Section 29 of the principal Act is amended in— (a) subsection (1) by the deletion of the words “and public entity” and the substitution therefor of the words “or State institution”; and (b) subsection (2) by the deletion of the words “and political party” and the substitution therefor of the words “or political party”. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section Repeal of section 47

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§ 47Section 47Amendment

47. Electoral Process (Amendment) [No. 32 of 2021 259

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§ 7Section 7Amendment

This provision amends section 89(1) by adding a new paragraph about announcing and declaring election results without lawful authority.

7. Section 89(1) of the principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (n): Amendment of section 89 (o) without lawful authority announce and declare the results of an election.

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§ 8Section 125(2) of the principal Act is amended by theAmendment

This section amends section 125(2) by adding a new paragraph about electoral processes at prisons and correctional centres, and renumbers the following paragraph.

8. Section 125(2) of the principal Act is amended by the — (a) insertion of the following new paragraph immediately after Amendment of section 125 paragraph (w): (x) the electoral processes at prisons and correctional centres; and (b) renumbering of paragraph (x) as paragraph (y). 260

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